Electric Shock: not as effective as once thought…by people who don’t bother to check things out scientifically

Way back in 2007, I blogged about a government-sanctioned program at a hospital in China trying to cure people of Internet addiction using electric shock therapy. Well, apparently the government has had a change of heart. [...]

The news is depressing lately. Well, it’s actually pretty much always depressing. But I just got some great news to offset some of the doom and gloom! After almost 4 years, InLove is finally releasing a new album in July! The singer, Lu, kindly stopped by the site to leave a [...]

When I first heard the opening piano of this song, I thought, “Wow, this is gonna be good!” But then Wilber Pan started to sing, and I quickly realized that this was going to be a case of a great song ruined by a bad vocal performance. Like I said, the piano [...]

I just came across a great post on TheChinaExpat.com highlighting some common mistakes learners of Chinese make, and I thought I’d post about it here. The eight mistakes highlighted by the post are: 1.) Not mastering the tones, 2.) Not learning characters, 3.) Killing yourself learning characters, 4.) Focusing on progress [...]

South Korean actress Ok So-Ri

Here’s something I didn’t know. South Korea is the only nation outside of Islamic states that has an actual law making adultery a criminal offense. It’s been challenged multiple times but has always been upheld based on the premise that “adultery is damaging to the social order.” Hmmm…totally [...]